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Bill	Political Reform Act of 1974	(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits an agent or independent contractor from making an expenditure of $500 or more, other than overhead or normal operating expenses, on behalf of or for the benefit of any candidate or committee unless it is reported by the candidate or committee as if the expenditure were made directly by the candidate or committee. The act requires an agent or independent contractor to make known to the candidate or committee all information subject to this reporting requirement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 800	California AB 800 (20132014)	bill	Political Reform Act of 1974	enacted	Gordon	8	36	10	2013-02-21	2014-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/253da68c-bf77-430c-bfb8-4210d00c7362	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB800	5081a2beb0fff7e423705cdadf9a4fef1fea6eaba32224db8cb0bd468571dd57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 800 (20132014) — Political Reform Act of 1974

(1) The Political Reform Act of 1974 prohibits an agent or independent contractor from making an expenditure of $500 or more, other than overhead or normal operating expenses, on behalf of or for the benefit of any candidate or committee unless it is reported by the candidate or committee as if the expenditure were made directly by the candidate or committee. The act requires an agent or independent contractor to make known to the candidate or committee all information subject to this reporting requirement.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/14/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/15/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/30/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/13/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. AB800 (committee substitute) — source
8. 03/12/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 800 GORDON Concurrence - Urgency Added — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• AB 800 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 54–22 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB800 Gordon By Lieu Urgency Clause — 27–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB800 Gordon By Lieu — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• AB 800 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–22 (fail) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB800 Gordon By Lieu — 26–12 (fail) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB800 Gordon By Lieu Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)
• Dickinson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 1839.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2013-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2385.). reading-3, failure, reading-1
• 2013-09-11 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Lieu.
• 2013-09-11 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2385.)
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2397.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2013-09-13 Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 3375.) committee-failure
• 2013-09-13 Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Gordon.
• 2014-01-06 Reconsideration granted. (Page 3499.)
• 2014-01-06 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2014-01-07 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2014-01-14 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2014-01-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-01-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-02-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2782.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-02-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-03-10 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 4047.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-03-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
• 2014-04-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-04-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 9, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/253da68c-bf77-430c-bfb8-4210d00c7362. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).